Mechanical whip.



O. H. BENNETT.

MECHANICAL WHIP.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 16,1913.

Patented N 0v. 1?, 1914.

IVLtmmoeo OLIVER H. BENNETT, 0F JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA.

MECHANICAL WHIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11', 1914.

Application filed May '16, 1913. Serial No. 768,179. I

To all whom it may concern Be it lmown that I, OLIVER H. BENNETT, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Stutsman and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical- Whips, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to mechanical whips for attachment to avehicle to enable the driver to apply a whip to any horse in a team, and has for one of its ob ects to imrove the construction and increase the efiiciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention. is to provide a device having means whereby the various movements are accomplished through the medium of a single lever mechanism.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

The improved device may be applied to any of the various forms of vehicles or to agricultural machines, such as sulky plows, grain harvesters and binders, seeders, drills, cultivators, and the like, but for the purpose of illustration is shown applied to a conventional frame of a harvesting machine, but it will be understood that it 15 not desired to limit the invention in its application to any specific form of machine or vehicle, and in the drawings illustrative'of the preferred embodiment of the invention: Figure 1 is an elevation, viewed from the cutter bar side,

7 of the upper portion of the frame of a grain harvester with the improvement applied. Fig. 2 'is an end elevation of the operating lever mechanism. 'Fig. 3 is a'sectional detail illustrating the operation of the compound lever mechanism. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of parts of the compound lever mechanism.

Corresponding and like parts are referred .to in the following description'and indicated in all the viewsof the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device is shown applied 'to a portion of a frame of a conventional harvester inrwhich 10--11 represent the for- 3 Ward and rearward sides of the elevator frame, a portion of the elevator belt being represented at 12.

The improved device or attachment comprises a main supporting member including a horizontal section 19 and an obliquely directed section 20, the portions 19-20 being preferably integral and in the form of a relatively strong rod. The horizontal section 19 of the supporting member is mounted for rotative and slidable movement through brackets 21-22, the latter adapted to be connected respectively to the members 10-1l.

The bracket 21 is provided with a segment 23 having a plurality of notches 24, preferably V sha ed, in its rear face. Connected to the horizontal section 19 is a collar 25 having a set screw 26 by which it may be slidably coupled to the member-19. By this means the member 19 together with its oblique extension 20 may be adjusted rotatively 1n the brackets 21-22, and by releasmg the set screw 26 the member 19 may be longitudinally adjusted and held at any desired point of adjustment by again applying the set screw.

The collar 25 is provided withspaced ears in the notches 24 of the segment 23. Slid-.

ably disposed upon the horizontal section 19 is a stop collar '35 having a'set screw 36w enable it to be adjustably connected at any point upon the section 19. Slidable upon the section 19 is 'a frame device including a body portion 37 and sleeves 38 at the ends slidably engaging the member 19. A fl'eXible element, such as a chain 39, connects the nearest sleeve to the offset 32 of the lever section 31. The two-part lever 28-31 isin position convenient to the seat of the machine to enable the driver .to actuate the levers as hereafter explained. Disposed upon the oblique section 20 is another stop collar 40 having'a set straw 41 as enable it to be adjusted to any desired extent upon the oblique section. Disposed upon the oblique section 20 is another sleeve 42 having a lateral arm 43 and a set screw 44 to enable the sleeveto be adjusted upon the oblique section 20 and rigidly coupled thereto at any desired point. Mounted to swing at 45 in the arm 43 is a whip carrier comprising a whip receiving sleeve 46 and a lateral arm 47 The whip is represented conventionally at 48 and may be secured in any suitable manner to the carrier 46. Slidable upon the oblique section 20 between the collars 4042 is another collar 49, and between the sliding collar 49 and the stop collar 40 is a spring 50. A link 51 connects the sliding collar 49 with the arm 47 of the whip carrier. By this arrangement it will be obvious that the spring 50 exerts its force to hold the sleeve 49 yieldably spaced at its greatest distance from the stop collar 40, and that the link 51 will hold the whip carrier 46 normally in position substantially in parallel relation to the oblique section 20, and thus maintain the whip 48 in its elevated position. Disposed upon the supporting member, preferably at the juncture of the sections 1920, is a bracket device 52 having a guide pulley 53 at one end and with a set screw 54 whereby the member 52 may be connected at any desired point upon the member l920. A

flexible member, such as a chain 55, is 'connected to the nearest collar 38 of the sliding member 37 and the sliding sleeve 49 and extends in its passage around the guide pulley 53. The spring 50 by exerting its force to maintain the sliding member 49 yieldably in its upper-most position will apply strain to the flexiblemember 55 and maintains the member 37 and its sleeve 38 in forward position and normally in engagement with the stop collar 35, and by adjusting the collars 3540 the tension of the spring may be readily controlled, and in event of the spring becoming weak, the tension may be increased by adjusting the stop collars. The

supporting member 19-20 will be of sufi-' cient length so that the whip 48 will reach any horse of a team. With a device thus constructed it will be obvious thatthe whip is under the complete control of the driver from his seat, and by manipulating the two'- part lever 28--31 the device can be adjusted to enable him to apply the whip wherever required. The supporting member 1920 will be adjusted within the brackets 2122 to dispose the whip opposite the team to which the whip is to be applied and the set screw 26 rotated to clamp the collar 25to the member 19 and thus hold the latter from movement longitudinally, while at the same a time leaving the supporting member free to be rotated. The spring 50 exerts its force to maintain the lower-end of the lever 31 in position in ailnement with the port on 28 bring the whip and against the stop pin 33 with the pro jection 34 in engagement with one of the teeth 24 of the segment. When it is desired to rotate the member 19 the upper end of the lever section 31 is forcibly moved circumferentially of the segment, the V shaped notches permitting the lever to pass over the segment when a suificient force is applied, while at the same time the spring 50 holds the lever against movement transversely. The operator rotates the member 19 until the oblique extension 20 is at the proper angle. He then moves the upper end of the lever 31 forwardly upon its pivot 30 which movement exerts a pulling force upon the 37-38 longitudinally of the member 19 which movement causes the flexible member 55 to move the sleeve 49 downwardly and thus through its connection by the link 51 with the whip holder 46 moves the whip downwardly and applies it to the horse. When the lever section 31 is released the reaction of the spring 50 restores the whip to its upper position. By this simple arrangement it will be obvious that'the driver from his seat can adjust the whip to any desired position and apply the same to any horse of the team, the desired movement being accomplished by the one lever.

When two teams are employed, one in advance of the other, the horizontal section 19 will be adjusted 'to its farthest point to supporting portion opposite the forward team, and then by adjusting the members 19-20 rotatively, as above described, the whip may be applied to either one of the horses of the forward team, the chain 55 being of sufficient length to enable it to be adjusted to correspond to the necessary adjustments of the parts, as will be obvious. By, this simple arrangement it will be obvious that the position of the whip is under the complete control of the driver on the seat, and by its use he is enabled to apply the whip to any horse'in the team, no -matter how many horses may be employed, or no matter how arranged, whether all of the horses are abreast, or arranged with one team ahead of the other. The. horizontal section 19 of the device will be increased or decreased in length to corre spond to the construction of the vehicle to which it is attached and to correspond to the number of horses employed in connection therewith. I

The improved device is simple in com struction, can be applied without material structural change to vehicles or machines of various sizes, and does not detract from the appearance of the vehicle or interfere Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, a member including a body portion and a portion directed obliquely to the axis of the body portion, means for mounting said body portion for rotation, a whip carrier movably mounted on the obliquelydirected portion of said support, rotating means applied'to saidbody portion, and means for actuating said whip carrier.

2. In a device of the class described, brackets adapted to be connected to a vehicle, a member including'a body portion moun d rotatably and slidably in said brackets a d having a rigid portion directed obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the body portion, a whip carrier upon said obliquely directed portion of the member, means for rotating said member within the brackets and slidably adjusting the same therethrough, and means for actuating said whip carrier.

3. In a device of the class described, a support mounted for rotation, a whip carrier on said support and movable relative thereto, means for rotating said support and holding thesame at any point in its rotation, a spring pressed sleeve supported and slidable upon said support, connecting means between said sleeve and whip carrier, and means for moving said sleeve to cause the operation of said whip carrier.

4. In a deviceof the class described, a support including a horizontal section and a section extending obliquely to the horizontal section, means adapted to mount said horizontal section upon a vehicle, a spring pressed sleeve supported and slidable upon said oblique section, connecting means between said sleeve and said Whip carrier, means for moving said sleeve to cause the operation of saidwhip carrier, and means for adjusting said support and holding the same at any point in its rotation.

5. In a device of the class described, a support including a horizontal section and a section extending obliquely to the horizontal section, means adapted to mount said horizontal section upon a vehicle, means for rotating said horizontal section and holding the same at any point in its rotation, a whip carrier upon said oblique section and movable relative thereto, a stop collar adjustable upon said horizontal section, collar adjustable upon said oblique section, a sleeve slidable upon the oblique section, connecting means between the sleeve of said oblique section and the whip carrier, an operating device slidable upon the horizontal section and limited in its movement in one direction by the stop collar of the horizontal section, and connecting means.

between the operating device and the slidable collar of said oblique section.

6. In a device of the class described, brackets adapted to be connected to a vehicle, a member mounted rotatably and slidably in said brackets and having a portion extending obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the bracket supporting member, a whip carrier upon said oblique section, a toothed segment carried by one of said brackets, a lever arm adjustably coupled to said horizontal section and having a pawl engaging said toothed segment, and means for actuating said whip carrier.

In testlmony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLIVER H. BENNETT. Witnesses i JNO. W. CARR,

WM. M. BENNETT.

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